Clubname: | Millhead |
Fullname: | Millhead Football Club |
Ground: | Iodine Park |
Coordinates: | 54.1357°N -2.7688°W |
League: | Westmorland League Division 3 |
Kit Alt1: | purple shirts, shorts and socks |
Leftarm1: | 333366 |
Body1: | 333366 |
Rightarm1: | 333366 |
Shorts1: | 333366 |
Socks1: | 333366 |
Millhead Football Club are a football club based in the village of Millhead, near Carnforth, England.
Millhead have existed since at least the 1920s. As of 2024–25, they play in Division 3 of the Westmorland League.[1]
Millhead play their home games at Iodine Park. A former gravel pit, the name was acquired in the 1950s due to the wounds received by players from stones in the topsoil: iodine being traditionally used to treat such injuries. GAA club Clanna Gael used to play at a ground with the same nickname, so-called again for its propensity to cause injury.[2]
Junior teams from nearby Warton also play at Iodine Park.[3] [4]
In the 2020 book British Football's Greatest Grounds by Mike Bayly, Iodine Park was voted one of the top grounds to visit in the country.[5] Bayly writes:
Iodine Park has been described as "A National Treasure".[6] Its unusual features led to it be featured on the Spanish football show El día después in 2019.[7] [8] It also featured in a Sky TV documentary called Mission to Burnley.[9]